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We’re crawling our way slowly towards the end of this series. I hope you’ve been enjoying it as much as me.

It’s odd to think the child version of me was around at the time these beers were drunk. My dad probably drank some of the beers. I think his drink of choice was Bitter. That’s what he drank at home. I can remember him vaguely complaining about “chemical beer” a couple of times.

Sorry about that. Totally irrelevant to today’s topic. Which is Stout.

You may recall that in a couple of these sets I’ve had to include beers from other years because I didn’t have enough examples from 1960. No such problem with Stout. If anything, there are too many. It tells us a couple of things. First, that there were an awful lot of Stouts being brewed in Britain. Second, that Whitbread kept a very close eye on competitors to its own Mackeson brand.

I was surprised to see how many breweries produced multiple Stouts. Mostly southern breweries and particularly London ones. Not so odd, as it was where the style was born. I was also surprised by how weak many were – in the low 1030’s, or about the same as Mild. Though there were quite a lot at a more reasonable gravity of 1045º.

Because there are so many, I’ve split the Whitbread Gravity Book table into two: Sweet and Not so Sweet. It’s pretty arbitrary, and I’ve taken as the breakpoint 60% apparent attenuation.

Which only analysed two brands of Stout: Guinness and Mackeson. Which were the major national brands of the day and represent the two main types, Dry and Sweet. It’s a shame they didn’t analyse any other brands. I’d have been very interested in the bitterness levels of regional Stouts.

Talking of bitterness, the three Guinness examples are the bitterest beers Which tested. Bass Red Triangle, the bitterest other beer, matched the least bitter Guinness on 55. I have analyses of Guinness from the late 1990’s which have around 35 IBUs. Which I’m sure is much lower. My guess is that the current version of Extra Stout would have even fewer IBUs. This definitely coincides with my subjective view. Guinness used to be pretty bitter but no longer is.

Having brewing records for Mackeson, I know that it had about 1 lb of hops per barrel. Which, when you take into account its gravity, is about the same level as their Mild. That had a bitterness level of 26. Pretty much the same as one Mackeson example. I find the level quite high for a beer that was the archetypal Milk Stout.

The Gravity Book Stouts are all over the shop. Quite a few have laughable ABV’s, due to the minimal attenuation and low OG. Only three of this set have an ABV over 3%. They’d have Mr. Stout from the 1700’s turning in his grave. Unsurprisingly, most of these beers were terrible value for money.

The second set is a little better strength-wise, but still only three are over 4% ABV. It’s clear that Stout had long since ceased to be a synonym for strong.

Table time.



Stout in 1960


Brewer
Beer
Price per pint d
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
Index of Hop Bitter
price per % ABV


Guinness
Draught (Keg) Stout
24
1040.0
1006.2
4.40
84.50%
62
5.45


Guinness
Extra Stout
29
1046.0
1007.7
5.00
83.37%
55
5.80


Guinness
Extra Stout
36
1046.1
1007
5.10
84.82%
56
7.06


Whitbread
Mackeson
32
1046.4
1017.7
3.70
61.85%
27
8.64


Whitbread
Mackeson
36
1047.6
1018.2
3.80
61.87%
31
9.47


Source:


Which Beer Report, 1960, pages 171 - 173.






Sweet Stout in 1960


Brewer
Beer
Price per pint d
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
price per % ABV


Mann Crossman
Cream Label Stout
26
1043.1
1025.2
2.29
41.53%

11.35


Tollemache
Double Stout
24
1037.3
1020.9
2.10
43.97%
250
11.41


Hall & Woodhouse
Glucose Stout
24
1041.8
1021.7
2.51
48.09%
200
9.55


Courage & Barclay
Barclay Stout
29
1043.1
1022
2.71
48.96%
450
10.70


S. Fussell
Extra Stout
24
1037
1018.8
2.28
49.19%
275
10.55


Phipps
Ratcliffe's Stout
22
1037.4
1018.5
2.36
50.53%
325
9.31


Younger, Wm.
Sweet Stout (lactose present)
34
1034.8
1016.9
2.24
51.44%
250
15.20


Cobbs
Margate Stout
29
1045.9
1022.2
2.96
51.63%
275
9.79


Phipps
Jumbo Stout
21
1036.3
1017.5
2.35
51.79%
375
8.94


Tennant Bros.
Glucose Stout
26
1039.7
1019.1
2.58
51.89%
225
10.10


Simonds
Velvet Stout
32
1042.3
1020.3
2.83
52.01%
300
11.31


Abingdon Brewery
Oak Stout
22
1031.4
1015
2.05
52.23%
250
10.73


Fremlin
Special Stout
24
1039.2
1018.6
2.65
52.55%
450
9.06


Ind Coope
Nourishing Stout
20
1031.9
1015
2.18
52.98%
275
9.19


Truman
Malt Stout
26
1041.4
1019.3
2.84
53.38%
250
9.15


Ind Coope
Allsopp's Sweet Stout
26
1037.7
1017.3
2.63
54.11%
300
9.90


Truman
Eagle Stout
20
1035.6
1016.3
2.48
54.21%
250
8.05


Wenlock
Oatmeal Stout
20
1033.6
1015.2
2.37
54.76%
250
8.44


Courage & Barclay
London Stout
20
1034.3
1015.4
2.43
55.10%
350
8.22


Cobbs
Oatmeal Stout
20
1029.8
1013.2
2.07
55.70%
225
9.64


Beasley
Arsenal Extra Special Stout
28
1040.7
1017.7
2.88
56.51%
400
9.74


Mew Langton
Oatmeal Stout
22
1032.7
1014.2
2.31
56.57%
400
9.51


Strong
Black Bess Stout
22
1034.9
1015.1
2.48
56.73%
300
8.89


Dunmow
Flitch Stout
22
1035.4
1015.3
2.51
56.78%
550
8.76


Watney
Hammerton's Stout
30
1046.8
1019.9
3.47
57.48%
375
8.66


Cobbold
Double Stout
20
1036.1
1015.3
2.60
57.62%
250
7.69


Tollemache
Oatmeal Stout
20
1033.1
1013.9
2.48
58.01%
475
8.08


Sampson
Oatmeal Stout
22
1033.1
1013.7
2.42
58.61%
250
9.07


Whitbread
Mackeson Stout
32
1046.4
1019.2
3.51
58.62%
300
9.13


Meux
Stout
22
1037.7
1015.4
2.88
59.15%
375
7.65


Meux
Night Cap Special
32
1044.3
1017.9
3.40
59.59%
350
9.40


Hope & Anchor
Jubilee Stout
26
1038.7
1015.6
2.89
59.69%
225
9.00


Source:


Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.






Not so Sweet Stout in 1960


Brewer
Beer
Price per pint d
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
price per % ABV


Nicholson
Stout
20
1031.3
1012.2
2.39
61.02%
225
8.38


Hall & Woodhouse
Oatmeal Badger Stout
19
1033
1012.8
2.53
61.21%
275
7.52


Brickwoods
Admiral Stout
22
1037.3
1014.4
2.86
61.39%
275
7.69


Flowers
Sable Stout
30
1043.7
1016.7
3.38
61.78%
275
8.89


Charrington
Anchor Stout
20
1034.6
1013.1
2.78
62.14%
350
7.21


Charles Wells
Stout
24
1040.9
1015.3
3.20
62.59%
200
7.50


Gibbs, Mew
Extra Stout
18
1033.9
1012.2
2.71
64.01%
375
6.64


Fremlin
Nourishing Stout
22
1033.5
1011.8
2.80
64.78%
300
7.85


Shepherd Neame
Oatmeal Stout
20
1029
1010.2
2.35
64.83%
200
8.51


C.E. Cook
Nourishing Stout
16
1034.3
1012
2.79
65.01%
350
5.74


George Gale
Nourishing Stout
20
1032.6
1011.4
2.65
65.03%
375
7.55


Watney
Dairymaid Stout
22
1032.6
1011.2
2.77
65.64%
250
7.95


Marstons
Mello Sweet Stout
28
1039.9
1013.7
3.28
65.66%
250
8.55


Hunter & Oliver
London Stout
20
1033.2
1011.3
2.74
65.96%
250
7.31


Ridley
Stout
21
1032.7
1011.1
2.70
66.06%
350
7.78


Whitbread
Oatmeal Stout
24
1038.9
1013.1
3.34
66.32%
250
7.19


Beasley
London Stout
20
1032.8
1010.6
2.77
67.68%
325
7.21


John R. Fielder
Stout
19
1035.7
1011.4
3.04
68.07%
600
6.26


Threllfall
Extra Stout (lactose absent)
25
1043.5
1013.8
3.71
68.28%
175
6.73


Young & Co.
Stout
22
1037.4
1011.4
3.25
69.52%
600
6.77


Charrington
Punch Stout
29
1046.1
1014
4.16
69.63%
300
6.97


Simonds
Luncheon Stout
20
1034.4
1010.4
3.11
69.77%

6.44


Young & Co.
Mellow Stout
30
1044.3
1012.9
3.93
70.88%
375
7.64


Watney
Reids Special Stout
26
1044.9
1012.9
4.15
71.27%
175
6.27


Burt
Extra Stout
26
1041.2
1011.5
3.71
72.09%
350
7.00


Morland
Stout
20
1033.7
1009.4
3.04
72.11%
300
6.58


Shepherd Neame
Double Stout
24
1032.4
1008.4
3.00
74.07%
175
8.00


Hewitt Bros.
Oatmeal Stout
22
1041.6
1009.7
3.99
76.68%
250
5.52


Guinness
Draught Guinness
21
1037
1007.1
3.89
80.81%
150
5.40


Guinness
Draught Guinness
22
1040
1005.3
4.52
86.75%
150
4.86


Source:


Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.


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